Michael James Hegstrand
Michael James Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler. He is best remembered as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors (WCW) or The Legion of Doom (WWE), with Road Warrior Animal. ) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors (The Legion of Doom in WWE), with Road Warrior Animal. Outside The Road Warriors, Hawk was a sporadic challenger for world heavyweight championships on pay-per-view from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. He headlined the 1993 edition of ECW's premier annual event, November to Remember While the Road Warriors never officially broke up, Animal started making an increasing number of solo appearances after they left WWE as Hegstrand struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and generally did not appear at many wrestling shows during this time. In 2001 Hegstrand was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that stopped him from wrestling for a short while. He was able to overcome its effects and returned to a regular working schedule later on. On June 22, 2002 International Wrestling Superstars, Road Warriors Animal & Hawk defeated The Headshrinkers for the World Tag-Team Championship. That victory also led to Team USA winning the Animal and Hawk made a surprise appearance on Raw on May 12, 2003 when they took on Kane and Rob Van Dam for the World Tag Team Championship. Although Hawk and Animal came up short in their attempt to become three-time champions, it was clear that Hawk had defeated the demons that had once kept him from competing, and The Road Warriors had hopes of returning to WWE. Later in 2003, Hawk made an appearance with the All World Wrestling League, a take-off of the 'original' Big Time Wrestling that was owned by The Original Sheik who died earlier that year; it was run by the sons of The Sheik, Eddie and Tom Farhat. They decided to book Hawk for an event in Holt, Michigan; that event was the second to last time Hawk wrestled. Two weeks before he died he wrestled his final match with Ted DiBiase in Oshawa, Ontario against Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Marcus "Buff" Bagwell. Death and legacy Hegstrand died on October 19, 2003 in the early morning in his home in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. He was 46 years old. His friends said that he and his wife Dale had recently bought a condominium near their current home and were packing their boxes the night before. Hegstrand said that he felt tired and went to take a nap. When his wife checked on him at about 1 a.m., he had died of a sudden heart attack. At the time of his death, Hawk and Animal were working on a book about their careers. Animal returned to WWE in mid-2005 and decided to dedicate his entire run to Hegstrand, including his tag team title victory with Heidenreich at The Great American Bash. On the March 28, 2011 episode of Raw, it was announced that the Road Warriors would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2011. On April 2, 2011, the night before WrestleMania XXVII they, along with Paul Ellering were inducted into the Hall Of Fame by Dusty Rhodes. Road Warrior Hawk was included, along with his tag team partner, Road Warrior Animal, in the Attitude Era, in the game WWE '13.
WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Road Warrior Hawk (Interview)WWE WrestleMania VIII was the eighth annual WrestleMania. It took place on April 5, 1992 at the...
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WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
as HawkFully Loaded features a huge tag team main event when Stone Cold Steve Austin & The Undertaker...
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Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
as Road Warrior HawkFascinating look into the rise and fall of one of the greatest tag teams in wrestling and the...
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Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
as Road Warrior HawkThis documentary follows superstar Bret Hart during his last year in the WWF. The film documents...
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WWE Royal Rumble 1998
as HawkThirty Superstars compete in the annual Royal Rumble Match with the winner advancing to...
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WWE WrestleMania XIV
as Road Warrior HawkStone Cold Steve Austin battles Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship with Mike Tyson as...
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WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
as HawkShawn Michaels defends the WWF Championship against Ken Shamrock. The Rock challenges Stone Cold...
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WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Road Warrior HawkSurvivor Series (1990) was the fourth annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling...
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WWE U.K. Rampage 1992
as Road Warrior HawkUK Rampage 1992 was an event produced by World Wrestling Federation. On April 19th 1992 live...
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WWE King of the Ring 1997
as Road Warrior Hawk1997 WWE King of The Ring Tournament Semi-Final Matches put Ahmed Johnson against Triple H and...
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WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
as HawkIn the main event, Kane battles The Undertaker for the vacant WWE Championship with Stone Cold...
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WWE WrestleMania VII
as HawkWrestleMania VII was the seventh annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event...
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WWE SummerSlam 1997
as Road Warrior HawkWWE's Biggest Party of the Summer features a classic Steel Cage Match between Mankind and Triple...
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WCW Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
as Road Warrior HawkClash of the Champions V took place on February 15, 1989 at the Cleveland Convention Center in...
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WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Road Warrior HawkThe 1992 WWE Royal Rumble was the fifth annual Royal Rumble. It took place on January 19, 1992...
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WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
as Road Warrior HawkThe temperature is rising as Kane faces The Undertaker in the first ever Inferno Match. Dude...
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WCW Slamboree 1995
as Road Warrior HawkJoin the stars of yesterday and today as they gather in Florida for Slamboree '95: A Legends...
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WWE Survivor Series 1997
as HawkThe storied rivalry between Shawn Michaels and Bret "The Hitman" Hart comes to a shocking and...
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WWE SummerSlam 1991
as HawkWWE SummerSlam '91 was the fourth annual SummerSlam. It took place on August 26, 1991 at Madison...
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WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop
as Road Warrior HawkWCW Capital Combat: The Return of Robocop was a one time professional wrestling PPV event from...
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WCW Slamboree 1996
as Road Warrior HawkSting challenges The Giant for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. A Lethal Lottery is held...
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WWE WrestleMania 13
as HawkThe Undertaker takes on "Sycho" Sid Vicious in a No Disqualification Match with the WWE...
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The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
as HawkCollection of the best matches from the weekly professional wrestling events which aired from...
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WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
as HawkStone Cold Steve Austin battles Bret "The Hitman" Hart to determine the number one contender for...
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
as Road Warrior HawkThe Giant battles Hulk Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. "The Macho Man" Randy...
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NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
as Road Warrior HawkCollision in Korea was the largest professional wrestling pay-per-view event ever that was...
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WWE Survivor Series 1991
as Road Warrior HawkWWF Survivor Series 1991 is an American wrestling event within part of the World Wrestling...
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WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)WWE SummerSlam '90 was the third annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view produced...
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WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
as Road Warrior HawkIn Your House 16: Canadian Stampede took place on July 6, 1997 at the Saddledome in Calgary,...
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2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as Road Warrior HawkPrepare yourself for the best battle ever!
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WWE Mayhem in Manchester
as HawkWWF Mayhem in Manchester was a United Kingdom-only professional wrestling pay-per-view event...
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WCW Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
as Road Warrior HawkClash of the Champions VIII took place on September 12, 1989 at the Carolina Coliseum in...
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WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
as HawkTwo WWE icons go at it in the main event when Shawn Michaels takes on The Undertaker. Bret "The...
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WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
as Road Warrior HawkThey "snack on danger, dined on death" for two decades, dominating professional wrestling and...
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TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
as Road Warrior HawkThey are the extraordinary TNA moments that will echo throughout the history of professional...
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WCW Uncensored 1996
as Road Warrior HawkUncensored 1996 took place on March 24, 1996 from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi....
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WWE WrestleFest '91
as Road Warrior HawkMacho Man Randy Savage hosts this explosive WWE extravaganza...his first Coliseum assignment...
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WCW World War 3 1995
as Road Warrior HawkSixty men fill three rings for one gigantic Battle Royal for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight...
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The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
as HawkNow it can be told. In 1995, two wrestling companies squared off on Monday night television to...
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WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
as HawkTake a journey through the greatest Pay-Per-View Matches in WCW History with names including...
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NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
as Road Warrior HawkWrestleWar 1989: Music City Showdown was the first WrestleWar professional wrestling...
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WCW Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
as Road Warrior HawkWCW Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout took place on November 15, 1989 at The Houston...
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WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
as HawkWhat does everybody want? Head to the nearest man cave, give your boss a Stone Cold salute and...
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WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
as Road Warrior HawkWWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes - the mind behind the mayhem - introduces some of the most famous...
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NWA Night of Champions
as Road Warrior HawkThe National Wrestling Alliance invades the 'Big Apple' with an all-star card featuring a main...
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WWE One Night Only
as HawkWWF One Night Only took place on September 20, 1997 at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England. ...
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SMW Night of The Legends
as Road Warrior HawkBullet Bob Armstrong, Tracy Smothers and Road Warrior Hawk battle Jim Cornette's team of the...
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WWE SummerSlam 1992
as Road Warrior HawkSummerSlam (1992) was the fifth annual SummerSlam. It took place on August 29, 1992 at Wembley...
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WWE Rampage '92
as Road Warrior HawkWhile Sean Mooney saddles up for a unique and action-packed adventure into the Old West, several...
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WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
as HawkStone Cold Steve Austin and Dude Love compete for the WWE Championship in a No Disqualification...
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WWE Royal Rumble 1991
as HawkThe 1991 WWE Royal Rumble was the third annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view...
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NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
as Road Warrior HawkWrestleWar 1990: Wild Thing took place on February 25, 1990 from the Greensboro Coliseum in...
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WCW Clash of The Champions XXIV
as Road Warrior HawkWCW Clash of The Champions XXIV occurred on August 18, 1993 in Daytona Beach, Florida from The...
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NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
as Road Warrior HawkRic Flair battles Ron Garvin for the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship in a Steel Cage Match....
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AWA: SuperClash '85
as Road Warrior HawkSuperClash '85 – The Night of Champions was the first SuperClash professional wrestling...
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The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
as HawkFor close to a decade, professional wrestling fans loved Clash of the Champions, a series of...
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WWE The Main Event V
as Road Warrior HawkA huge tag team tug-of-war pits Hulk Hogan and his pal Tugboat against "The Natural Disaster"...
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WCW SuperBrawl VI
as Road Warrior HawkHulk Hogan clashes against The Giant inside a demonic steel cage. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair...
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WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
as Road Warrior HawkWCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout took place on February 6, 1990 at the Memorial...
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WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
as HawkThe Road Warriors battles The Nation of Domination. The Headbangers defend the WWE World Tag...
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WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
as HawkFor close to two decades, it was the signature event – first in NWA, then WCW. Some of the...
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The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
as HawkFor six years, WCW Monday Nitro went head-to-head with WWE Raw, pulling out all the stops to...
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WCW Clash of The Champions
as Road Warrior HawkClash of the Champions I took place on March 27, 1988 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro,...
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WWE Invasion '92
as Road Warrior HawkSean Mooney and Lord Alfred Hayes embark on a journey to show the WWE Universe some of most...
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WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
as Road Warrior HawkWCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun took place on April 2, 1989 at The SuperDome in New...
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NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
as Road Warrior HawkOnly one team will survive the "Night of The Skywalkers" as The Road Warriors and The Midnight...
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AWA: WrestleRock '86
as Road Warrior HawkThe AWA supercard was broadcast from the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on April 20, 1986. It was...
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NWA Chi-Town Rumble
as Road Warrior HawkChi-Town Rumble was a professional wrestling PPV event produced by WCW under the NWA banner. It...
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NWA The Great American Bash 1985
as Road Warrior HawkThe Great American Bash (1985) took place on July 6, 1985 at the American Legion Memorial...
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WWE Hall of Fame 2011
as uncreditedSports Entertainment's most legendary superstars including Shawn Michaels, Jim Duggan, and more...
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WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
as Road Warrior HawkTwenty man over the top rope Battle Royal featuring: The Barbarian, Big Boss Man, Jim Duggan,...
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WWE: The Best Of In Your House
as HawkIn the mid-90’s, no pay-per-view series produced more epic matches, historic moments or...
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NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
as Road Warrior HawkThe Great American Bash '88 was the fourth annual Great American Bash professional wrestling...
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Best Of Raw • Volume Four
as HawkThis is the fourth instalment from the hit T.V. Show 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘸! Watch the Best of The...
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WCW Halloween Havoc '89
as Road Warrior HawkWCW Halloween Havoc '89: Settling The Score took place on October 28, 1989 from the Philadelphia...
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WWE SuperTape vol. 3
as Road Warrior HawkTake flight with Sean Mooney and "Lord" Alfred Hayes on a journey through some exciting in-ring...
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
as Hawk WarriorThe third Wrestling Dontaku was held on May 3, 1995, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Dome....
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NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
as Road Warrior HawkJim Crockett Promotions used "The Great American Bash" as the name for a tour that had several...
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WCW Starrcade 1993
as Road Warrior HawkIn the tenth annual Starrcade, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair battles Big Van Vader for the WCW...
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NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
as Road Warrior HawkThis was the first use of the WarGames: The Match Beyond match conceived by Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes...
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WCW Clash of The Champions XXV
as Road Warrior HawkRic Flair challenges Big Van Vader for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. "Ravishing" Rick...
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Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
as HawkFounder of TNA Wrestling, Jeff Jarrett has become a legend in pro wrestling both inside and...
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NJPW Battle Formation '96
as Hawk WarriorNJPW and WCW's biggest stars clash in the Tokyo Dome.
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WWE SuperTape '92
as Road Warrior HawkSuperTape '92 features every match from This Tuesday in Texas, including the rematch between...
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WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
as uncreditedAre you ready? Then give me a "hell yeah!" Relive one of the greatest periods in...
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WCW Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)WCW Clash of The Champions IV took place on December 7, 1988 at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga,...
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WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
as Road Warrior HawkBig Van Vader takes on Ric Flair & Arn Anderson in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match. Harlem Heat & Sister...
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WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
as Road Warrior HawkNWA Starrcade ’89 features round-robin Iron Man and Iron Team Tournaments. Participants include...
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NWA Lords of The Ring
as Road Warrior HawkA genuinely stacked supercard equal to any modern Wrestlemania, held in the 75,500 seat Orange...
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WCW Battle Bowl
as Road Warrior HawkWCW stars are forced to randomly team up through a Lethal Lottery. Unusual pairings include...
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NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
as Road Warrior HawkThe Great American Bash (1989) was the fifth annual The Great American Bash professional...
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WWE WrestleFest '92
as Road Warrior HawkWhile "Mean" Gene Okerlund and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan face off in a spirited game of tennis,...
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NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
as Road Warrior HawkWithin the grizzly confines of a completely enclosed steel cage, and Paul Ellering hanging above...
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NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
as Road Warrior HawkBunkhouse Stampede 1988 was the fourth and final professional wrestling Bunkhouse Stampede event...
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
as Hawk WarriorWrestling Dontaku 1993 was the first Wrestling Dontaku professional wrestling event produced by...
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NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
as Road Warrior HawkThe Greensboro Coliseum is the site for the final stop on the '86 Bash tour!
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WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
as HawkOne of sports-entertainment's most patriotic traditions, The Great American Bash brought...
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NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
as Road Warrior HawkThe Bash rolls into Charlotte's Memorial Stadium for a red-hot night of action!
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NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
as Road Warrior HawkRic Flair defends the NWA World Championship against Lex Luger. The Road Warriors defend the NWA...
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AWA Wrestling For a Cure
as Road Warrior HawkThe Biggest stars of the mat game converge in Boston to help The Muscular Dystrophy Association!
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WWE Raw
as Road Warrior HawkA regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
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WWE Raw
as The Legion Of DoomA regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
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WWE Raw
as HawkA regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
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WWF Superstars Of Wrestling
as uncreditedWWF Superstars of Wrestling was a professional wrestling television program produced by the...
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Dark Side of the Ring
as uncreditedFinding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional...
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WWE Heat
as HawkWWE Heat is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Wrestling...
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WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Road Warrior HawkWWF Wrestling Challenge was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World...
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Saturday Night's Main Event
as uncreditedA professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation banner on...
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WWE This Is Awesome
as Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)Celebrating WWE's awesome history; reliving the moments that made fans go, "This is awesome!"
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